The Green Alliance Trust

Analysis

The Green Alliance Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03037633). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Green Alliance Trust reported income of £3.7m and spending of £3.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.7m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Green Alliance Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Trees Trust (£3.6m), Wonderseekers (£3.7m) and Sheffield Wildlife Trust (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 7.8%. Reserves of £540k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.